‘High-ranking officer’ appears to contradict Binyamin Netanyahu’s explanation of the causes of the violence and questions the need for deadly forceThe Israeli military believes the current wave of deadly violence with Palestinians,which has claimed over 100 lives on both sides in the last two months, will continue in the coming months amid the risk of a further serious escalation.
After a period of 10 days that saw the highest number of Israeli fatalities, or the failure of a mission by US secretary of state John Kerry to aloof tensions earlier this week,the bleak assessment confirms the growing view that the current tensions enjoy become a new normal.
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Source: theguardian.com